Sep 24, 2005

Ostranenie part II

A nice essay about Japan, formalism the concept of ostranenie, estrangement - as described in this post. Makes the familiar unfamiliar, to prolong the process of perception and is thus a tool to take posession of the place/space in new ways.

Here it is: "Cute Formalism"

1 comment:

adam said...

perhaps what we shape is not the realities, but the cracks... perhaps that is all we need to do.